Systematic Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation
The Election Commission of India has framed the Systematic Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) for strengthening the democracy by ethical voting in the Lok Sabha-2014 Election.
The objectives of SVEEP are:
- Strive to achieve 5% increase in the overall voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections compared to 2009 Lok Sabha Elections.
- Narrowing down the gap in the drop in voter turnout between the Assembly Elections 2011 and the Lok Sabha Elections 2009.
- Strive to achieve 100% voting by way of educating the mass the importance of voting especially the value of informed, ethical and inducement free voting.
- Strive to achieve the above objectives by way of Educating the mass about the value of voting by emphasizing the importance of informed ethical and inducement free voting.
To encourage young voters and thereby achieve 100% voting in the forthcoming Lok Sabha Election-2014 various SVEEP activities were conducted at Karaikal District. This report highlights the details of activities conducted under SVEEP in the District of Karaikal.